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A new church in Xianning, Hubei province will be dedicated on May 25, 2019.

Construction on Dafan Church kicked off on August 8, 2017 and was completed at the end of 2018. At a cost of about 3 million yuan, the new five-story church of more than 2,000 square meters (0.494 acres) will be used for worship, training, and reception.

Located in central Xian'an District, Dafan Church was founded in 1996 when only a few people gathered together. However church attendance increased to about 70 by 1999.

During the next three years, the congregation worshiped God in a rented house. In 1999, it purchased land on a desolate hill. After the believers dug down the hill and repaired the road, a simple church was completed the same year which could hold 100 people.

In 2014, the attendance of 200 exceeded the church's capacity. Due to a lack of funds, the two-storey brick and concrete structure was poorly built.

Owing to the rapid development of urban construction, the church's foundation was severely damaged by long-term surrounding rock blasting and hill excavations initiated by local real-estate developers in recent years. The church was identified as being dilapidated by relevant departments in 2014 and was demolished in the same year.

One year later, the local government allocated 1615.29 square meters or 0.399 acres of land to the church. A new church, consisting of a chapel, training building, dormitories, canteen, and parking lot, was built in 2018.

On May 31, in order to prepare for the reopening of the church and the resumption of church services after the outbreak, St. John's Church held an expanded meeting of the church committee to discuss and formulate an operation plan of church activity under the normal pandemic prevention and control, and conduct a simulated exercise of personnel entering and leaving the church.

Currently, the pandemic has been effectively controlled in China. Economic activity in most of the country has resumed. Maybe it won't be long before the Church opens to the public again. However, there might be some challenges for the Church in the post-pandemic era.

In recent days, churches in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Chongqing and other places will resume their orderly opening on the premise of strictly implementing the responsibility for pandemic prevention and control.

On the afternoon of May 30, 2020, 99 Crowdfunding "Seven Color Rainbow" Home of Cancer Friends held the salon event entitled”Live the Colorfule Life -Thank the stories of life” in the Aide Charity Store in Dayuwan Commercial Plaza. Six cancer friends and 8 volunteers participated in this event.They did finger exercises, talked about the life at home during the pandemic and tasted the delicious no-sweet pastry .